Hospital fire death toll now 61: Mamata
The death toll in the fire tragedy in the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early Friday has shot up to 61, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here.
She said 41 of the bodies had been brought to the state-run SSKM Hospital in South Kolkata.
"Twenty other bodies are still there in an upper floor of the AMRI hospital," she said. Of the bodies taken to SSKM, autopsies have been completed on 36. "Twelve have been identified," she said.
The chief minister said the colour photos of the faces of the unidentified victims will be displayed outside the SSKM morgue. "After identification, we will send the bodies in hearses to their homes."
On the basis of a first information report (FIR) lodged by the fire brigade, police had started a criminal case against the hospital management. "They will be arrested. We will take strict action against the hospital," she said.
However, sources said that the top management of the hospital has already gone underground.
Banerjee also promised Rs.3 lakh if family members of the victims, who are not well-off, made an appeal. "If anybody appeals for a government job. We will also try to help them out."
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